And you can see more from burberry prorsum bagtote fashion bagscheap chloe handbagspecialty bread baghot sell bagsmens travel bagspacking or bagsaaa+++ brand handbagsgabbage plastic bagsHard CandyDirected byDavid SladeProduced byRosanne KorenbergWritten byBrian NelsonStarringEllen PagePatrick WilsonOdessa RaeSandra OhMusic byMolly NymanHarry EscottCinematographyJo WillemsEditing byArt JonesDistributed byLions Gate EntertainmentRelease date(s)April 14, 2006 (USA)Running time103 min.CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$950,000[1]Gross revenue$7,022,209[2]Hard Candy is a 2006 independent psychological thriller film focusing on a confrontation between a sexual predator and a 14-year-old girl he attempts to ensnare.Hard Candy was directed by David Slade, written by Brian Nelson, and stars Patrick Wilson and Ellen Page, who rose to fame as the star of the 2007 academy award winning-film, Juno.[3] It was the first feature film for Slade, who previously had worked mostly in music videos. The film inspired the music video for the OOMPH! song "Beim ersten Mal tut's immer weh"Contents1 Plot2 Cast3 Inspiration4 Production5 Thematic elements6 Release history7 Reception8 Notes and references9 External links // PlotThe film opens with a flirtatious online conversation between a man and a girl, who agree to meet in person for the first time at the Nighthawks caf. The two are revealed as 14-year old Hayley Stark (Ellen Page) and 32-year old photographer Jeff Kohlver[4] (Patrick Wilson). After further flirtation, Hayley suggests they return to Jeff's house to listen to Jeff's recording of a Goldfrapp concert. Once there, Hayley makes them both screwdrivers after telling Jeff that she would not drink something that she did not mix herself. As they drink, Hayley suggests that Jeff take some photographs of her, similar to the ones of young girls displayed on the walls of his home. As Hayley dances to music on the couch, Jeff begins to feel disoriented and passes out.Jeff wakes up tied to a wheeled computer chair. Hayley explains she drugged him and then accuses him of being a pedophile. As she searches his house, she discovers letters of correspondence between him and a woman named Janelle, who turns out to be Jeff's ex-girlfriend for whom he still has feelings, as well as photos in a hidden safe in his rock garden. Among them is a picture of Donna Mauer, a local girl who had been kidnapped and remains missing. Jeff denies involvement in Mauer's disappearance before kicking a distracted Hayley to the floor and wheeling himself to his bedroom to get a gun. As he returns, they struggle. Still tied to the chair, he begins to hit her against the wall, but Hayley is able to wrap his head in plastic wrap and asphyxiate him into unconsciousness.Jeff wakes up tied to a table with a bag of ice on his genitals. Hayley informs Jeff of his impending castration, which she says will be a public service. After a long conversation she then begins composing an e-mail to Janelle. Despite Jeff's attempts to dissuade her through threats, negotiation and pleas for her sympathy, Hayley proceeds with the operation. Following its conclusion, she steps out of the room and Jeff breaks free from his bonds, only to discover that Hayley actually faked the castration. Scalpel in hand, he stalks Hayley to the bathroom, where he is blindsided from behind by Hayley, who shocks him into unconsciousness with an electroshock weapon.Jeff awakens again, this time standing on a chair with a noose around his neck. Hayley reveals that she has written a fake suicide note on his behalf and offers Jeff a choice between killing himself before being revealed as a sexual predator, or living with the shame and legal consequences of his crimes. Their conversation is interrupted when a neighbor (Sandra Oh) knocks on the door. Hayley answers and convinces the neighbor that she is Jeff's niece, and that everything is fine. When Hayley returns, Jeff breaks free from the noose and pursues her to the roof, where she has created another noose, and holds him off with the gun. Hayley reveals that she has contacted Janelle, who is driving to the house. She offers him the choice of committing suicide, or she will pull off her own clothes and run into Janelle's arms crying. He finally confesses to Hayley that he was involved in Donna Mauer's death, but he claims that he only watched while his accomplice committed the murder. Jeff tells Hayley that, if she will spare his life, he will disclose the other man's name and help her find him. Hayley reveals that she already knows that "Aaron", the other man who Jeff claims to have killed Mauer, told her the same thing before killing himself. Janelle is outside the house now, knocking and calling for Jeff, while Hayley reminds Jeff that he still has the option of killing himself to avoid...(and so on)